Takin’ a Trip to 1996 (feat. Griff)

Episode 0: Introduction

Hit songs of the 1980s consisted of optimistic anthems of rock, gentle ballads, and strange break up songs. Then in 1991 a little group from Seattle proved to the world that these bands were all pussys. And so the rest of the nineties were dominated by teen angst, creepy love ballads, and surreal nonsense. I was only nine in 1991 so I didn’t jump on the teen angst bandwagon until I was, well, a teenager. Recently I realized that a lot of the albums I listened to ad nauseum in High School happened to be released fifteen years ago in 1996. So for the remainder of the year, or until I get bored with this little project, I’m going to reexamine the albums that probably shaped my life more than I’d like to think they did and see if they’re still as good as I remember them in a new segment of the site I’m calling, “Takin’ a Trip to 1996.” It will be a personal journey, but my goal is to explore these albums once again and perhaps bring to light songs that got swept under the rug of the more popular singles and ones that should’ve been. At any rate I hope you’ll join me tomorrow for the first episode of “Takin’ a Trip to 1996.”

Songs Featured:
Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions (Mercury)
Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison (Capitol)
The Final Countdown – Europe (Epic)
Living On a Prayer – Bon Jovi (Mercury)
Endless Nameless – Nirvana (DGC)
Kill You – Korn (Immortal/Epic)
Love You to Death – Type O Negative (Roadrunner)
Devil’s Haircut – Beck (Geffen)
Daisy – Stone Temple Pilots (Atlantic)
1996 – Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope)